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Cf. WCC Press Update Pu-04-05 of 22 January 2004
Cf. WCC Press Feature Feat-04-04 of 21 January 2004
"India is going through enormous insecurity because religion is being used for violence," Siddhartha, a member of an inter-religious group working for peace and justice in Bangalore, told participants at a seminar at the World Social Forum in Mumbai.
At the 20 January seminar on "Religious resources to overcome violence" organized by the World...
[more]Amid candid international assessments of US foreign policy US Committee plans next steps for Decade to Overcome Violence
Cf. WCC Press Update PU-04-01 of 13 January 2004
Cf. WCC Press Release PR-04-01 of 7 January 2004
A committee of Christians in the United States has released a 2004 calendar of events to promote the World Council of Churches’ (WCC) Decade to Overcome Violence (DOV), an international Christian movement launched in 2001 that will focus particularly on confronting violence and promoting peace and justice in the United States during...
[more]WCC launches year to focus on overcoming violence in the US during service honouring Dr Martin Luther King, Jr
Cf. WCC Press Release PR-04-01 of 7 January 2004
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Representatives from Christian faith communities around the globe launched a year-long effort to confront and overcome violence in the United States during a stirring worship service commemorating the life and ministry of the Rev. Dr Martin Luther King, Jr at the Interchurch Center in New York City on 12 January. The focus on the US in 2004 is...
[more]"The power and promise of peace" is the compelling theme for activities to be carried out this year within the framework of the World Council of Churches' (WCC) Decade to Overcome Violence (DOV) 2004 focus on the USA. A Monday 12 January worship service will mark the opening of a year dedicated to strengthening and resourcing churches and movements working for peace in the USA.
A calendar of events for 2004 is to be drawn up by the US DOV...
[more]January 2004
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
18-25 January 2004
The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is an ecumenical initiative that, each year, involves Christian communities all over the world. Traditionally, it is celebrated from 18-25 January. In the southern hemisphere, where January is vacation time, churches often find other days to celebrate it, for example around Pentecost.
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[more]WCC film wins international festival prize
A film about Sierra Leone produced by the World Council of Churches (WCC) for Danish television won a prize as the best film in the inter-religious dialogue category at the International Festival of Cinema and Religion in Trento, Italy.
The film, "Roots of violence", was directed by Anders Laugesen for the WCC and the Ecumenical Council in Denmark. In it, we hear victims and perpetrators of atrocities committed during Sierra Leone's civil war,...
[more]WCC Advocacy Week in New York: Panelists offer sobering assessment and glimmers of hope for human rights
Cf. WCC Press Release PR-03-33 of 6 November 2003
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"A panel of experts presented a sobering assessment and some glimmers of hope regarding human rights around the globe at a public forum entitled "Human Rights: 10 years after Vienna, " during the World Council of Churches (WCC) International Affairs and Advocacy Week in New York on...
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